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IRAQ and a War – Some Thoughts

I do not know what really to think about this. Is this the first time the US is taking a pro-active approach to a military threat? It might be, and I think better safe than sorry. Why wait until we are attacked to retaliate? Yet can we be sure of the future? Of course not. Is it the US’s responsibility to police the world? It seems as if we do have backing, but it was our initiative. Who are we to say that democracy is right anyways? Let’s just hope this isn’t the end as we know it.On that note, I would like to point something brought up this past Sunday at church. How often do we hear of wars now? How many wars have there been in the past century? How many people have died in wars in the past century compared to the total number of people killed in all wars before?Something to think about…Matthew 24 : 3, 6, 73.b: “… what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?”6: You will hear or wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such thing must happen, but the end is still to come. 7: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…
I do not know what really to think about this. Is this the first time the US is taking a pro-active approach to a military threat? It might be, and I think better safe than sorry. Why wait until we are attacked to retaliate? Yet can we be sure of the future? Of course not. Is it the US’s responsibility to police the world? It seems as if we do have backing, but it was our initiative. Who are we to say that democracy is right anyways? Let’s just hope this isn’t the end as we know it.
On that note, I would like to point something brought up this past Sunday at church. How often do we hear of wars now? How many wars have there been in the past century? How many people have died in wars in the past century compared to the total number of people killed in all wars before?
Something to think about…
Matthew 24 : 3, 6, 7
3.b: “… what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?”
6: You will hear or wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such thing must happen, but the end is still to come. 7: Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…